Letter 22: From Letter 22

Athanasius of AlexandriaHeaven|c. 350 AD|Athanasius of Alexandria
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From Letter 22

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Where our Lord Jesus Christ, who took upon Him to die for all, stretched forth His hands, not somewhere on the earth beneath, but in the air itself, in order that the Salvation effected by the Cross might be shown to be for all men everywhere: destroying the devil who was working in the air: and that He might consecrate our road up to Heaven, and make it free.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.

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